Golden June Bug Health Manual

　　Dear friends: In today's fast-paced, stressful, and busy life, people's physical and mental health has become seriously unbalanced, pushing their bodies to the brink of health. Many people suffer from high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high cholesterol, and obesity, and everyone yearns for good health. But finding time to exercise is extremely difficult. Combining various health-preserving viewpoints and inspired by Zhongli Barren's "Seeking Self-Healing" and Wu Guozhong's "Living to a Ripe Old Age", I recommend 16 health-preserving articles to everyone. May you all enjoy good health and happy work.

　　A lifelong companion: Yam, Job's tears, and water chestnut porridge – a nourishing recipe to replenish Qi and Blood

　　Many friends suffer from chronic illnesses with numerous symptoms, affecting their entire body, leaving them feeling unwell. While these conditions may not be life-threatening, their persistence and fluctuation are truly frustrating. For these individuals, the priority is to replenish Qi and Blood, as sufficient Qi and Blood provide the foundation to resist illness.

　　What is the quickest and most effective way to replenish qi and blood? Traditional Chinese medicine says: The spleen and stomach are the foundation of the postnatal body and the source of qi and blood biogenesis. Therefore, if we want to have abundant qi and blood, we must first adjust the spleen and stomach. Some people feel full and uncomfortable after eating a little, and it is difficult to digest; others cannot absorb food well, or have diarrhea, constipation, or phlegm and saliva instead of essence, or excess fat instead of qi and blood. All these problems are caused by the weakness of the spleen, so strengthening the spleen and stomach is the premise and key to improving physical fitness. If the spleen and stomach cannot even digest grains and vegetables, it will be even more difficult for the medicine to be absorbed. Some people eat kidney-tonifying medicine because of kidney deficiency, but kidney-tonifying medicine is often thick-flavored and difficult to digest. Usually, the kidney is not supplemented, but it becomes a heavy burden on the spleen and stomach. Finally, the tonic medicine stagnates and becomes toxins. The so-called "deficiency cannot be supplemented" means that the spleen and stomach are weak and difficult to digest. Some people have exuberant heart and liver fire and need to take cold medicines to clear heat and detoxify for many years. However, cold medicine is the most harmful to the spleen and stomach. This is like using your own farmland as a battlefield for many years. In the end, even if you are not defeated by the enemy, you will starve to death because of the lack of food. Therefore, we must give ourselves some reserves—reserves of qi and blood. As long as there is enough food and grass, we have nothing to fear. The only thing we should fear is that we are no longer able to produce fresh qi and blood. Many patients lose their last chance to fight back because they cannot eat and absorb nutrition. As long as we can still earn money, we have something to spend, and we can persist to the final victory. Resisting diseases requires capital. Some people eat kidney-tonifying medicine because of kidney deficiency, but kidney-tonifying medicine is often thick-flavored and difficult to digest. Usually, the kidney is not supplemented, but it becomes a heavy burden on the spleen and stomach. Finally, the tonic medicine stagnates and becomes toxins. The so-called "deficiency cannot be supplemented" means that the spleen and stomach are weak and difficult to digest. Some people have exuberant heart and liver fire and need to take cold medicines to clear heat and detoxify for many years. However, cold medicine is the most harmful to the spleen and stomach. This is like using your own farmland as a battlefield for many years. In the end, even if you are not defeated by the enemy, you will starve to death because of the lack of food. Therefore, we must give ourselves some reserves—reserves of qi and blood. As long as there is enough food and grass, we have nothing to fear. The only thing we should fear is that we are no longer able to produce fresh qi and blood. Many patients lose their last chance to fight back because they cannot eat and absorb nutrition. As long as we can still earn money, we have something to spend, and we can persist to the final victory. Resisting diseases requires capital.